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South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by homesteady(m): 4:58pm On Jan 24, 2013 |
About 15,000 crocodiles have reportedly escaped from a farm in South Africa's far north amid heavy rains and flooding. The owner was forced to open the crocodile farm's gates on Sunday to prevent a storm surge, the local Beeld newspaper says. Many of the crocodiles have been recaptured, but more than half are still on the loose, it says. The floods have killed at least 10 people in Limpopo province. The crocodiles escaped from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm, a tourist site about 15km (nine miles) from the small town of Pontdrif, which borders Botswana. Zane Langman, the son-in-law of the farm's owner, told the newspaper that many of the crocodiles had escaped into dense bush and the Limpopo River, the second biggest in South Africa. "There used to be only a few crocodiles in the Limpopo River. Now there are a lot. We go to catch them as soon as farmers call us to inform us about crocodiles," said Mr Langman. "I heard there were crocodiles in Musina [about 120km away] on the school's rugby field." Mr Langman said he went to rescue friends in a flooded house in the area by boat on Sunday. "When we reached them, the crocodiles were swimming around them. Praise the Lord, they were all alive," he is quoted as saying. The South African Air Force is being used to rescue people affected by the flooding in remote settlements, some of which are cut off from the outside world. The floods have also affected neighbouring Mozambique, where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by Mynd44: 11:31pm On Jan 24, 2013 |
Fellows, we are free!!!!! |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by Maxymilliano(m): 6:37am On Jan 25, 2013 |
Mass Escape ===> Mass Trouble. |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by Mynd44: 9:13am On Jan 25, 2013 |
Maxymilliano: Mass Escape ===> Mass Trouble.But the bottomline is that they are free |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by homesteady(m): 7:45pm On Jan 26, 2013 |
Mynd_44: ...lol...yea they are free..lol...bt just imagine u were in dat region...nd 1 morning...u woke up nd saw crocodiles by yur bedside |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by Mynd44: 8:42pm On Jan 26, 2013 |
homesteady:Which kin rough play be this one na? Abeg stop am ooo. I no wan get nightmares |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by homesteady(m): 8:48pm On Jan 26, 2013 |
Mynd_44: loool...1 of dem 'll just rush nd bite of yur joystick!!! Looool |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by Mynd44: 8:55pm On Jan 26, 2013 |
homesteady:Guy, I am your only friend on this thread ooo. Don't make me unfollow |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by homesteady(m): 10:14pm On Jan 26, 2013 |
Mynd_44: i'm just joking jorhh!!.....bt actually just imagine it!!! Crocodiles are everywere!!! |
Re: South African Crocodiles 'in Mass Escape' During Floods by Mynd44: 12:20am On Jan 27, 2013 |
Aaarrrrgggghhhh!!!! |
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